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Miami mall shut down by police as rumors of “8-10ft” aliens inside go viral - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/nottheonion

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

On tiktok i found this;

1st hand witness #1 https://www.tiktok.com/@portarok/video/7320640607658052907

~~1st hand witness #2 https://odysee.com/@InfoNews:f/Miami-Eyewitness:9 .~~ (on his tiktok he admits making it up)

Regarding the rooftop video-shot which is all over the news, as if there’s an alien walking… There a better video from another angle, showing those are 3 cops walking… https://youtu.be/fhyx_22iZIE?t=557

[–] XeroxCool 1 points 10 months ago

I'm thinking some high voltage experiments. Maybe a few microwave transformers in series. I imagine the "digital" look could be some alternating light sources bouncing across a few feet at a ~20hz frequency. The funny glasses could be welding goggles. And then some wild shadow effect as someone reaches over a stupidly blinding light? It'd potentially flip the shadow and look right side up for a witness. I'm not saying I know what happened, just trying to sound out my next Halloween prop